The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-23
Sam Jones' Sayings.


were, as usual, striking, the speaker
also bringing his argument home by
apt illustrations and entertaining an.
ecdotes. Some of his pithy sayings
are here given;
You can't make friends with God
until you are sorry enough of your
sins to quit them.
Ii man repents he dont't have to
try to believe; it comes of itself.
God can't give you faith you've
got to do that yourself God gives
you sight, but seeing is your Job.
God gives you taste, but do you ever
ask God to taste ham and eggs?
You may call this silly talk, but
Pm talking to silly crowd.
Foolishness is what you rub on
foolish people.
a man once said to me, "Mr.
Jones, when you have converted the
hypocrites come and talk religion to
me. These hypocrites are In my
way" 1 said "they wouldn't be in
your way if they hadn't got ahead
of you. Amt you ashamed to let
hypocrites get ahead of you ?"
Ive got more confidence in bread
pills administered by praying doc.
tor that the finest science given by
an agnostic.
l understand why old Bob tnger.
soil is an infidel it pays him $500 a
night to deny God, while he would
not get SO night lecturing that
there is God.
l wouldn't give 10 cents dozen
for Christians who won't pray in
public.
There are thousand differences
between us, but we are astonishingly
alike.
When an engineer gets down from
his cab to oil his machinery 1 notice
that he pours oil out of the same can
upon all the parts, great and small
alike. And so the Great Engineer
of the universe pours the oil of grace
from the great heavenly storehouse
upon the great and small alike, and
makes 1t as easy for one person as
another to do right. If there is any
one here who is not what God In.
tended you to be it's because you
won't give him chance.
l am getting sick and tired of this
cant. "1t's so hard for me to do
right" You're good for nothing,
that's what's the matter with you.
l know it's heap easier to be a
gentleman than vagabond. I've
tried both.
"You whitened sepulchre.'' as used
by Christ, means in nineteenth GEN.
tury parlance "You whitewashed
rascals.':
There is a difference between
man washed white and a white
washed man. Christ's blood washes
white. But when a man is white-
washed it scales off and leaves spots,
and in damp weather it gets brown.
Some people have got three coats of
whitewash on and yet it keeps seal
ing off.
There is a difference between rest
and resting. A resting is sitting
down rested man is up and doing
something. The first thing that
Christ gives to man is rest, and
then he wants to be doing.
Blessed be they who give. and
blessed be those who do not give, for
if they are blessed they will give.
The last step, the last the ught on
earth, means goodbye to the last op.
portunity.
God speed the day when the church
will kick out every man within its
borders who deals in futures. The
church and the preacher who de-
pends upon such sort of people be.
longs to the devil from hat to heels.
Brother, II you are not afraid of
God you will have good reason to
fear every corner of the fence.
God does not care for present
events He looks out for final results.
I'll make my bones ache dancing
the pigeon wing if it will help me to
Heaven.
The curse of all the churches in
this country Is that they have got
thousands of members who have
never been convicted of sin, much
less converted to God.
Whenever anything is wrong quit
it, and quit it short off. A good
many want to taper off in sin. They
taper off generally to the big end.
The sooner you die, the sooner
you'll get to heaven If you've been
a good man. No man is going to
growl on getting into heaven ahead
of time.
Don't consider yourself safe till
you get there.
Heaven is just on the other side of
where fellow has done his level
hest. The man who thinks he's safe,
and lies back on his oars loses heaven
right there.
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